{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/sinter",
  "title": "SINTER",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/sinter/",
  "summary": "Returns the intersect of multiple sets.",
  "since": "1.0.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-18T09:47:41+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "c32f03126ac2152932c07e52196ea6bcee4127afa349773c694fcb9aa08169c9",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "> [!NOTE]\n> This command's behavior varies in clustered Redis environments. See the [multi-key operations](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/using-commands/multi-key-operations) page for more information.\n\n\nReturns the members of the set resulting from the intersection of all the given\nsets.\n\nFor example:\n\n[code example]\n\nKeys that do not exist are considered to be empty sets.\nWith one of the keys being an empty set, the resulting set is also empty (since\nset intersection with an empty set always results in an empty set)."
    },
    {
      "id": "required-arguments",
      "title": "Required arguments",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>key [key ...]</code></summary>\n\nOne or more set keys to intersect.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "examples",
      "title": "Examples",
      "role": "example",
      "text": "redis> SADD key1 \"a\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD key1 \"b\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD key1 \"c\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD key2 \"c\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD key2 \"d\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD key2 \"e\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SINTER key1 key2\n1) \"c\""
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): an array with the members of the resulting set.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Set reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#sets): a set with the members of the resulting set."
    },
    {
      "id": "see-also",
      "title": "See also",
      "role": "related",
      "text": "[`SINTERCARD`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/sintercard) | [`SINTERSTORE`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/sinterstore)"
    }
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "id": "overview-ex0",
      "language": "plaintext",
      "code": "key1 = {a,b,c,d}\nkey2 = {c}\nkey3 = {a,c,e}\nSINTER key1 key2 key3 = {c}",
      "section_id": "overview"
    }
  ]
}